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Adelan and Abou Kalec. He anfwered with a fneer, " Ge* 

 hennim el Kafr, i. e. The Pagan may go to hell. He fpoke con- 

 temptuoufly of the king of Sennaar, but very refpecStfully 

 of Adelan and Abou Kalec, any one of whofe little fingers, 

 he faid, was fuflficient to crulh the Mek, and all who ad- 

 hered to him. I then took my leave, and went home to 

 reft. 



On the 17th, at noon, I obferved the meridian altitude of 

 the fun, and found the latitude of the place to be 14° 30' N, 

 but this obfervation was made with Hadley's quadrant, that 

 I might fave time, being willing to advance to as great a. 

 diftance as poffible from Sennaar, fo there may be perhaps 

 a minute of error, and more there ought not to be, as it 

 was confirmed by feveral obfervations at night. The in- 

 ftrument, infpedled and redlified by day light, was exami- 

 ned, and I found it to be without alteration before ufing is 

 at night. 



About eight o'clock in the evening I went to fee Wed 

 Ageeb, who had fupped, and was drinking forbet made of 

 tamarinds, I believe rather to fweeten his breath than from; 

 third, for he had apparently drunk of ftronger liquor be- 

 fore he took the forbet. He told me that afervantof Adelan 

 was arrived that evening from the camp, who had brought 

 him a letter and meflages on my account, and bade me 

 be of good courage, for I fhould be fafer in my tent than, 

 in Adelan's houfe at Sennaar ; that two men had been exe- 

 cuted for attempting to rob Adclan's houfe ; and that Ma- 

 homet, the king's fervant, was deftined to fufTer upon a 

 Hake, as foon as ever Adelan fliould move at a greater dif- 

 I tauce 



